Here we go again. Elements from the fringe Trump Zone, Fox Island, and Disinfowars are dusting off the specter of birtherism in the 2020 Presidential Election. This time the target is 2020 Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee and California Senator Kamala Harris. This baseless allegation, like those against Barack Obama, fueled again by the Liar in … Read more
There was always going to be a science-denying fringe exception to the rule. On a day when AZ Central reported that the Grand Canyon State has the highest rate of pediatric COVID 19 cases in the country, several (mostly rural and in southeastern Maricopa County) Arizona school districts have apparently decided to ignore the state … Read more
After receiving a joint briefing from health experts, 2020 Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential Nominees Joe Biden and Kamala Harris called for a three-month national mask mandate. Biden and Harris were briefed on: School reopenings. Distribution of a vaccine. Racial disparities with COVID 19. Continued lack of PPE equipment and testing capacity Reminding the audience … Read more
Donald Trump emerged from the fever swamps of fringe right-wing conspiracy theories on the Internet and talk radio to become the leader of the Obama birtherism movement. Somehow this made him popular enough with Republican voters to win him the GOP nomination in 2016, and even more unbelievably the presidency. Since then, Donald Trump and … Read more
I will be going to meet (virtually, but still…) Andrew Yang and the LD25 Yang Gang in a fundraising event for AZ’s own Suzanne Hug for House this Friday at 5pm. Seldom does a nationally recognized figure like Yang reach down into a state legislative district to endorse and support a candidate. Come find out why … Read more